Comments on: Ben Franklin: A Founding Father of Dwapara Yuga? http://theyugas.com/ben-franklin-a-founding-father-of-dwapara-yuga/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jselbie http://theyugas.com/ben-franklin-a-founding-father-of-dwapara-yuga/#comment-24 jselbie Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:23:55 +0000 http://theyugas.com/?p=432#comment-24 Julio, The dates used in this post and in my book, "The Yugas," are taken from a book by Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, "The Holy Science." Sri Yukteswar was the guru of Paramhansa Yogananda, who was the author of the "Autobiography of a Yogi." In the introduction to "The Holy Science," Sri Yukteswar explains his dating in regard to current thinking in India. It would be difficult to give a quick summary of his reasoning, but in broad terms Sri Yukteswar argues that mistakes crept into the Indian almanacs used to calculate the durations of the yugas and that the yugas are not as long as current thinking in India maintains. In support of Sri Yukteswar's dating is the profound change that has taken place in the world in the last 300 years. The understanding that energy underlies all matter, which began to be explored in the 1700's and was fully expressed through the work of Einstein and others in the early 1900's, is the keynote of Dwapara Yuga. Best regards, Joseph Selbie Julio,
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The dates used in this post and in my book, “The Yugas,” are taken from a book by Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, “The Holy Science.” Sri Yukteswar was the guru of Paramhansa Yogananda, who was the author of the “Autobiography of a Yogi.”

In the introduction to “The Holy Science,” Sri Yukteswar explains his dating in regard to current thinking in India. It would be difficult to give a quick summary of his reasoning, but in broad terms Sri Yukteswar argues that mistakes crept into the Indian almanacs used to calculate the durations of the yugas and that the yugas are not as long as current thinking in India maintains.

In support of Sri Yukteswar’s dating is the profound change that has taken place in the world in the last 300 years. The understanding that energy underlies all matter, which began to be explored in the 1700′s and was fully expressed through the work of Einstein and others in the early 1900′s, is the keynote of Dwapara Yuga.

Best regards,
Joseph Selbie

]]> By: julio torres http://theyugas.com/ben-franklin-a-founding-father-of-dwapara-yuga/#comment-23 julio torres Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:47:42 +0000 http://theyugas.com/?p=432#comment-23 according to the Vedas and the masters who represent this tradition, Dvapara yuga ended more than 5000 years ago, when Kali started. I do not where you got this numbers from. according to the Vedas and the masters who represent this tradition, Dvapara yuga ended more than 5000 years ago, when Kali started. I do not where you got this numbers from.

]]> By: Poor Richard http://theyugas.com/ben-franklin-a-founding-father-of-dwapara-yuga/#comment-17 Poor Richard Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:01:36 +0000 http://theyugas.com/?p=432#comment-17 On the same wavelength... like the Autobiography's chapter on the Caulliflower Robbery - "The human mind...can perform through its antenna of intuition all the functions of complicated radio mechanisms... All thoughts vibrate eternally in the cosmos...Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted; a truth cannot be created, but only perceived." On the same wavelength… like the Autobiography’s chapter on the Caulliflower Robbery – “The human mind…can perform through its antenna of intuition all the functions of complicated radio mechanisms… All thoughts vibrate eternally in the cosmos…Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted; a truth cannot be created, but only perceived.”

]]> By: jselbie http://theyugas.com/ben-franklin-a-founding-father-of-dwapara-yuga/#comment-16 jselbie Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:09:00 +0000 http://theyugas.com/?p=432#comment-16 I tip my hat to Poor Richard. Great minds must think alike :). I tip my hat to Poor Richard. Great minds must think alike :) .

]]> By: Poor Richard http://theyugas.com/ben-franklin-a-founding-father-of-dwapara-yuga/#comment-15 Poor Richard Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:11:17 +0000 http://theyugas.com/?p=432#comment-15 Great article. Ben Franklin was also very open in his belief in reincarnation. The Ben Franklin / Yuga connection was made a few years back in the book "Dwapara Yuga and Yogananda: blueprint for a New Age." The author went so far as to adopt the pen name of "Poor Richard" in homage to Ben Franklin. That book concentrates only on the current Yuga, rather than the comprehensive treatment of all eight yugas in your book. It does, however, includes a few of the less well known statements and prophecies of Yoganandaji. Great article. Ben Franklin was also very open in his belief in reincarnation.

The Ben Franklin / Yuga connection was made a few years back in the book “Dwapara Yuga and Yogananda: blueprint for a New Age.” The author went so far as to adopt the pen name of “Poor Richard” in homage to Ben Franklin.

That book concentrates only on the current Yuga, rather than the comprehensive treatment of all eight yugas in your book. It does, however, includes a few of the less well known statements and prophecies of Yoganandaji.

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